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Watch: Deputy wrangles gator with bare hands
Osceola Deputy Nicholas Pippin responded to a call about a gator roaming around the parking lot of Celebration Hardware Company on Halloween. Pippin catches the gator and gives it a ride in his patrol car before releasing it to Lake Cecile.
OSCEOLA, Fla. - Deputies captured a gator that was roaming around a heavy tourist populated plaza, according to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office.
Deputy wrangles gator near tourist plaza
The backstory:
According to a news release, Osceola County deputies responded to a call on Halloween afternoon about a gator walking around the parking lot near the Celebration Hardware Company.
When deputies arrived, they found people standing nearby and a gator caught between a fence.
Deputy wrangles gator found in tourist-heavy plaza. Credit: Osceola County Sheriff's Office
Tourists get the full Florida experience
Body camera footage shows Deputy Nicholas Pippin pulling the gator out of a fence and taping its snout. Pippin has had previous experience handling gators.
Tourists react to a deputy holding a gator found in a plaza. Credit: Osceola County Sheriff's Office
Catch and release
What's next:
Pippin used his patrol car to transport the gator to Lake Cecile where it was untaped and released, a news release said.
The Source: This article was written with information gathered from a news release and Facebook post by the Osceola County Sheriff's Office.